Cutting and feeding mechanism for label-making machines.



Patented Nov. I8, |902.

. S. B. TILY & J. G.-& M. D. REHFUSS.

cu'ms Ann FEEDING mEcH-Amsl FUR LABEL MAKING MACHINES.

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No. 714,063. APatented Nov. I8, |902. S. B. TILY & J. G. & M. 0. REHFUSS. EUTTING AND FEEDING MECHANISM FOR LABEL MAKING MACHINES.

(Application tiled June 4, 1901.1

No. 7|4,o63. Patented Nov. ls, |902.

$.15. -TILY & .1. G. & M. o. nEHFuss. y CUTTING AND FEEDING MECHANISM FUR LABEL MAKING'MAGHINES.

Application filed June 4,. 1901.)

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No. 7l4,063. Patented Nov. I8, |902.

SQB. TILY & J. G. & M. 0. REHFUSS.

' CUTTING 4AND FEEDING MECHANISM FUR LABEL-MAKING MACHINES.

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s. s. TILY -'& .1. G. & M. u.v nEHFuss.' CUTTING All-D FEEDING'MEGHANISM FUR LABEL MAKING MACHINES.

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IINrrnn STATES STEPHEN BTILY,4 JOHN G. REI-IFUSS, AND MARTIN O. REHFUSS, OF PHIL- ADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO JOHN WANAMAKER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA CUTTING AND FEEDING MECHANISM FOR LABEL-MAKING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,063, dated November 18, 1902.

Application filed .Tune 4.1901. Serial No. 63,118. (No model.)

To tu whomI it may concern: its inner face, and the piece d has a pin d2, Be it known that we, STEPHEN B. TILY, which is constructed to enter said groove, the JOHN G. REHFUss, and MARTIN O. REHFUSS, said piece d being thereby reciprocated when citizens of the United States, and residents of the cam c4 is revolved. This piece d has an Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented extended portion, which is connected toa tog- 55 certain Improvements in Cutting and Feedgle connection formed'by two arms e and d, ing Mechanism for Label-Making Machines, the arm c being movably supported on a short of which the following is a specification. shaft or stud e2, held stationary in a recess Our invention relates to certain 'improvein the frame by a set-screw c3. The arm e is 1o ments in machines for making labels, having pinned to the upper end of a plu-ngerf, which 6o for its object the provision of improved detail is shown in detail in Fig. 4. From an inspecmechanism for cutting and feeding labels in tion of this ligure it will be seen that the pluna machine designed to automatically make ger is constructed to be reciprocated in a relabels from a ribbon of suitable material supcess in the frame A', being retained in said plied from a reel. This object we attain as recess by a plate f. 65 hereinafter set forth, reference being had to A die-plate' g has a tubular extension c', the accompanying drawings, in whichwhich fitsacorresponding recess in the plun- Figure l is a front view of our improved ger, and this plate in turn is constructed to machine. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. receive a type-holding frame h, the latter zo Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line having a plunger-like part h'. This enters 7o 3 3, Fig. l. Fig. 4t is a vertical sectional view the tubular extension g and has a spring h3, of the plunger. Fig. is an inverted plan of surrounding a section h2, less in diameter the same. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional View than the part h', the spring abutting against of one of the carriers for taking the labels an adjusting-screw t', which is provided with from the machine. Fig. 7 is a plan View of jam-nut c" and a head 012, constructed to be 75 theinking-rollers and their carrier-frame,and turned by a suitable Wrench. The type- Fig. Sis an inverted plan view of the gripper frame h is retained in position in the plunactuating and carrying mechanism. gerf by a pin h4, passing through the part 7L',

It will be understood that while the appathis latter being slotted, as shown in Fig. 4,

3o ratus hereinafterdescribed is preferably used to allow of a limited vertical movement of 8o in connection with a machine for placing said type-frame. loops of string in holes in the labels and for Guides g3 g3 project from the bottom face which application for Letters Patent has been of the die-plate g. extending along the sides made, dated May 3l, 1901, Serial No. 62,577, of the type-frame h and serving,with its plunit may, if desired, be operatedindependently, ger-like extension 7z,to maintain it constantly 85 the necessary string being afterward inserted in the same relative position. by hand or by any other means. A shearing-piecej is secured to the face of In the above-mentioned drawings, A is a the die-plate g by screws,and there is a punch table, having mounted upon it a casting or j' also held in the plate, there being corre- 4o frame A. Journals a d, attached to this spondingly-shaped recessesj2 and js in a sta- 9o frame, support a shaft b, on which are fast 'tionary die-plate 7c, mounted on a table-like and loose pulleys b' b2 and a pinion b3. This part of the frame A and fitting into a dovelatter meshes with a gear-wheel c on ashaft tail groove.

c, Fig. 2, operating in bearings a ct', also on A bar g2 is rigidly secured to the upper snrthe frame A', the shaft having on it, besides face of the die-plate, and it extends over one 95 the said'gear-wheel d, a bevel-gear c2, a cam side of the stationary plate Zc,'being placed c3, and an internally-grooved cam c4, the said to engage a knifep, pivoted to the side of the shaft also passing through a slot d in a piece frame in the line in which the labels pass d, as shown inrdotted lines in Fig. l. during the process of their manufacture. O'n

5o The cam c4 has an eccentric groove c5 in the pivot which supportsthisknifeisaspring roo suitably attached thereto and always tending to maintain saidknife in and to return it to the raised position shown in the drawings.

On a shaft Z, supported in bearings in the frame A', is fixed an arm Z', which carries a roller Z2, constructed to be engaged by the irregular periphery of the earn c3, being held in contact with the same by a spring Z3. This spring is wound on the shaft Z, having one end fixed to the frame and the otherend made fast to a second arm Z4, also keyed on the said shaft. The arm has a recess,into which fits a forked extension Z5, constructed to be moved in or out of the saine and to thereby vary the total length of the arm, the said extension being retained in position by a Winged setscrew Z6.

Guides or groovesm are formed in the sides of the frame, and in these operates a frame M, consisting of two side members m'm', held together by a cross-piece m2, which is supported on upright projections m3, the forked end Z5 of the arm Z4engaging said cross-piece at m5. Pivotally supported at one end of the frame is a roller-frame at, in which are journaled two inking-rollers n n', the shafts of the same being retained in their bearings by removable pins H2712. These are kept in position by springs n3 n3, supported as shown in Fig. 7.

A spring m4, held to the cross-piece m2 by a screw, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,) is placed to bear upon the top and bottom of one end of the roller-frame n, and thereby keeps itinan approxi mately horizontal plane, While allowing it freedom to adjust itself to the type in the frame Zt and to an ink-distributing roller q.

An in k-reservoir q2 is placed` on t-he frame A' and has in it a collecting-roller q', turning in suitable bearings, the shaft of said roller projecting beyond the bearing on one side and having a projection g3 on its end. The distributing-roller q, above referred to, is snpportedin bearings on a V-shaped frame g4, on which there isa spring g5, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,) tending,r to press said roller against the collecting-roller q'.

Meshing with the bevel-gear c2 is a similar gear lr', xed on the end ofa vertical shaft fr, supported in bearings a2 a2 on the frame AA' and having on it a second bevel-gear r2.

There are two vertical projections Agon the frame A', in which are journaled two shafts ss', carrying feeding-rollers s2 s3,respectively. A bevel gear-wheel s transmits motion thereto from the vertical shaft r, there being also a second bevel-gear r4 on said shaft s. This latter gear meshes with a similar gear T5, keyed to a shaft constructed to turn in a bearing in the frame A', the said shaft having a recess in its inner end corresponding in shape and position to the projection g3 on the shaft of the collecting-roller q', and as it normally engages said projection serves to transmit motion to said roller.

The shafts s and s are operatively connected by suitable gear-wheels s4 and si, and while one of the feeding-rollers-viz., .s2- is of the ordinary cylindrical form the other, s3, is made with a portion of its surface flat. To this is attached by screws a cylindrical segment s, the surface of which normally comes in contact with the roller s2 as the two rollers are turned. The bearing-caps at the top of the parts A2 are provided with adjustable screws t, constructed to bear upon and regulate the position of the boxes t t', in which runs the shaft s', thereby allowing a certain amount of vertical play of the said shaft.

A piece t, supported from the frame A', has uprights w', at the top of which are bearings holding a shaft carrying a reel of material to be made into labels. A guide wz, also on the piece w, is of any desired construction, consisting in the present instance of an upright n, having guiding-jaws and a tensionspring o.

The vertical shaft r passes through the frame A of the machine and has fixed to its lower end a gear-wheel 00s, which meshes with a similar gear c; on a shaft also supported on the frame, which carries two cams and m2, as illustrated in Fig. 8.

An arm of a lever @r3 is provided with a roller and placed so that it may engage with the cam fr', the said lever being pivoted on a projection a3 from the under side of the frame A' and having its other arm attached to one end of a connecting-arm ad. This is made in two parts adjustably connected together, as shown, its other end being connected to a post or pin :1;5, extending through an elongated slot in the frame A' and rigidly attached to a slide x6, there being a spring x7 extending between the frame A' and the said post x5, which tends to keep the slide in its retracted position and to maintain the roller of the lever m3 in contact with its cam. A lever-arm fy, pivoted in suitable bearings, is made to engage the Second cam x2, the shaft y', to which said arm is pivoted, extending laterally and having arms Iyzfixed to it, which carry a plate @/3.

Projecting through the slot in which the post m5 operates is a rod or spindle z, having on its lower end a roller ,2Q-constructed to move over the plate ys, and with a spring z2, confined between said roller and the under side of the slide x6, to which it is secured.

The above rod forms part of one of two carriers Z Z for` removing nished labels from the machine, the carrier Z' being shown in detail in Fig. G. The carriers are preferably duplicates of one another and consist, essentially, of a tubular standard z3, held to the slide x4 in any desired manner and provided with a fixed jaw ,e4 at its upper end. Within the standard is the rod a', and there is a spring z5 surrounding the corresponding rod .e9 and tending to keep it in its lowest position. A pin at the top of the rod s engages the end of a jaw ze, which is pivoted, as shown, to the I OD IIO

stationary jaw a4. Pins a, passing through the rod, project through slots in the standard .a3 and operatively connect said rod to the boxlike end of an arm z8, which is constructed to transmit motion from the rod e' to the rod z in the carrier Z', the said arm having a forked end and engaging a pin zw, connected to the rod e, as shown.

At Bis shown mechanism for inserting and fastening strings in the labels cut out and printed by the invention herein shown. This machine B While firmly holding a label is constructed to pass a string through the stringhole thereof and after cutting olf a length of said string from its source of supply fasten its ends together, so as to form two loops, in one of which the label is strung. The carriers Z Z', above described', serve to deliver the labels to and take them away from the machine B'. This mechanism is not described herein, as it is fully covered in the application tiled May 3l, 1901, Serial No. 62,577.

The operation of our label cutting and printing machine is as follows: The paper or pasteboard strip from which labels are to be made is taken from the reel (shown in dotted lines at w3) and after passing through the guide 102 passes between the rollers s2 and s3, being, however, only fed forward when it comes in contact with the segment s on the roller S5. The strip thus intermittently fed forward passes to the stationary die-plate 7c and so under the plungerf, which kduring the time that the said strip is not being moved is forced down by the action of the toggle-arms e and e. Power for this action is transmitted from the pulley b' through. the gear-wheels b3 and c', the cam c4, and the piece d. As the plunger descends the type in the typeframe b comes into contact with the strip of pasteboard, printing on it any desired characters or symbols. As shown in Figs. l and 3, this type has previous to the descent of the plunger been inked by the rollers fn n', the retaining-frame 'n of which, with the frame m, has been moved forward by the action of the cam c3 upon the arms l and Z5. When the rollers n' 'n' are moved back out of the path of the descending plunger, they are passed over the distributing-roller, receiving the ink therefrom which it has collected by the revolution of the roller q in the reservoir. The plunger and the toggle-arms are so proportioned that after the type in the frame h has come into contact with the paper strip it still continues to descend, and the spring h3 being compressed the frame h is forced upwardly, the cutter j and the punch j then coming against said strip and cutting out the curved portion of the label, besides punching a hole for the insertion of a string, the pieces cut out of the strip passing through the openingsjzj3 in the plate la. The plunger is then raised and the cylindrical segment s, which is of a width exactly equal to the width of a label, acts to feed the strip forward again.

`In the present machine after the strip has been fed forward three times from the plunger it will project over the edge of the table formed by the frame A of the machine to an extent equal to the width of one label, and on the next downward stroke of the plunger its projecting bar g2 will force the knife p against the said table edge and cut off the label. However, just before the label is cut off from its strip the movable jaw z2 of the carrier Z, which is so adjusted as to be in line with and at one side of the strip, closes and grasps the label to be cut olf, being actuated by the action of the cam 002 transmitted through the arm y, the shaft y', the plate ya, andthe rod z. As soon, therefore, as the label is cut off the carrier-slide m6 is moved awayr from the knife by the action of the cam zu' upon the lever no3 transmitted through the bar @c4 and the post fc5. The carrier Z then delivers the label to the machine B at the left of Fig. l, which inserts, cuts off, and fastens a string in the hole made by the punch j', after which it is grasped by the second carrier Z/, operated from the carrier Z, as shown, and deposited in a suitable receptacle. After delivering a label to the Stringing-machine B the carriers Z and Z are moved toward the printing and cutting machine by the action of the spring x7.

We claim as our inventionl. The combination of a frame, a plunger, means for reciprocating the same, means for intermittently feeding a strip of material to the plunger, means on the plunger for partially cutting out labels from said strip, a knife movably carried by the frame adjacent to the plunger, a bar connected to the plunger extending over the knife and placed to engage the same when the plunger is reciprocated, the said knife being constructed to sever partially-formed labels from the strip, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a frame, a drivingshaft, a reciprocating plunger operated thereby and provided with means for partiall),7 cutting out a label, means for feeding a strip of raw material to the plunger, means for cutting the finished labels from the strip, a horizontally-reciprocable slide, a standard thereon having jaws constructed to hold and toiremove a label after it has been cut o, with means for reciprocating the slide and other means for operating the jaws respectively, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a frame, a shaft, a plunger carrying a cutting-die, levers forming a toggle connected to the plunger, a cam fixed to the shaft, a bar connected to the toggle having an elongated slot through which the shaft passes, a projection on the bar-engaging the cam whereby said bar is caused to operate the toggle and reciprocate the plunger, -With means for feeding a strip of material to the plunger, substantially as described.

4. In a label-making machine, the combination of means for feeding a strip of material, a frame carrying a reciprocating plungerV IOO having on it a die constructed to partially cut ont a label from said strip, a knife carried by the frame adjacent to the plunger but independent thereof and normally maintained in a raised position, with a device carried by the plunger for depressing said knife after the operation of the feeding mechanism, substantially as described.

5. In a label-making machine, the combination of a frame carrying ar plunger constructed to partially cut out a label, means for feeding a strip of material thereto, a pivoted knife also carried by the frame adjacent to the plunger, a spring acting on the knife to normally maintain it in an elevated position and an arm on the plunger projecting over the knife whereby individual labels are completely cut from the strip after the same has been fed past the cutting-plunger, with means foroperating the plunger,substantially as described.

G. In a label-making machine, the combination of a frame, a plunger for partially cutting out labels, means for operating the same, means for feeding a strip of material to said plunger, a knife for cutting off finished labels from the strip, a reciprocating standard having on it a friction-roller, a plate on which said roller moves with its standard, and vertically-moving jaws on the standard having mechanism through which they are operated by motion of said plate for grasping a label and means for moving the standard whereby the label is carried away from the cutting-off knife, substantially described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

STEPHEN B. TILY. JOHN G. REHFUSS. MARTIN O. REHFUSS. Vitnesses:

WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

